Regional distinctive features of the Ancient Rus blacksmithing in the pre-Mongol period

The task of this study is to analyze distinctive features of ironworking production in Russian medieval principalities. The study focuses on the Polotsk and Ryazan principalities as the lands best represented by analytical materials. Ironworking in the Polotsk and Ryazan principalities reflected all mainstream development trends in Ancient Rus arts and crafts. The specific features of blacksmithing in each of the two lands are irrelevant and are, largely, explained by the chronological factor.